So I've given you a list of some of my favorite holiday CDs, but in case you want to make a CD of your own and buy individual tracks from your favorite digital outlet, here are 25 of the best holiday recordings, in my opinion of course! I put the CD where you can find them in parantheses. Enjoy!
1. "This Christmas" - Donny Hathaway (A Donny Hathaway Collection)
2. "Santa Baby" - Eartha Kitt (What a Wonderful Christmas, Louis Armstrong & Friends)
3. "The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole (The Christmas Song)
4. "Back Door Santa" - Clarence Carter (The Original Soul Christmas)
5. "Merry Christmas All" - The Salsoul Orchestra Feat. Denise Montana
(Christmas Jollies, The Salsoul Orchestra)
6. "Santa, Please..." - Toni Braxton (Snowflakes)
7. "Carol of the Bells/What Child is This?"- Yolanda Adams
(Christmas With Yolanda Adams)
8. "Christmas Fantasy" - Anita Baker ("Christmas Fantasy")
9. "Sleigh Ride"- Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas)
10. "My Favorite Things" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
(Merry Christmas by Diana Ross & The Supremes)
11. "White Christmas" - Will Downing (Christmas, Love and You)
12. "Christmas Only Once a Year" - Chaka Khan
(Jermaine Dupri Presents 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas)
13. "What Child is This?" - Poncho Sanchez
(Playboy's Latin Jazz Christmas, A Not So Silent Night)
14. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Toni Braxton
(40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas)
15. "Ave Maria" - Kelly Price (One Family)
16. "Joy to the World" - Mariah Carey (Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey)
17. "Carol of the Bells" - Donald Lawrence Featuring The Tri-City Singers
(Hello Christmas)
18. "Hey Santa" - Ashanti (Ashanti's Christmas)
19. "Born in a Manger- Patti Labelle (This Christmas by Patti Labelle)
20. "Give Love on Christmas Day" - The Jackson 5 (Jackson 5 Christmas Album)
21. "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive" - Howard Hewitt
(Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration)
22. "No Room at the Inn" - Mahalia Jackson (Silent Night, Holy Night)
23. "Carol of the Bells" - Mary Mary (A Mary Mary Christmas)
24. "Christmas Time is Here" - Brian McKnight
(40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas)
25. "O Come, O Come Emmanuel/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Daryl Coley & Beloved
(Christmas is Here)
